Adhesive dispensing receptacle



Oct. 22, 1935. J A

ADHESIVE DISPENSING RECEPTACLE Filed May 13, 1953 l a]. I I

P te ted 22; 1935 I ADHESIVE DISPENSING naonrmonit Eugene J, Ray, Beverly, M'assalassig'nor to United.

Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson,-N. J., a

corporation of New Jersey I J A Application May 13, 1933, Serial- No. 670,908 P 19 Claims. (01.91 411) A This invention relates to receptacles for dispensing adhesiveand is illustrated as of the type in which an inverted supply tank is usedto maintain adhesive at a constant level from which it is dipped.

In shoe factories, for example, it is common for'an operator to take a saucer full of adhesivesuch as latex andto dip a hand brushin this saucer as .he utilizes the adhesive. Such an arin, a receptacle rangement is subject to the disadvantages that the adhesive is apt to become filled with dust or "other loose dirt and that evaporation is sorapid that, in the case of latex,- the adhesivetends to coagulate.

.In accordance with a feature of the invention I the exclusion of dirt and the prevention, of evap- I oration are facilitated, in the illustrated con-'- struction, by an arrangement including a hingedcover provided with a spring to hold it either in closed or in open position. Preferably and as .shown, this cover is subdivided with the forward portion hinged to the main cover and with a spring interconnecting-the two cover portions which is arranged to hold them in alinement or to-support the forward cover portion in open position'.

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Fig. 1 is aside elevation, with parts broken away and in section, of the dispensing receptacle;

Fig.2 is a plan view with the cover in closed position; I Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation showing the 'cover in open position; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view with only the forward cover'portion open. i

A tray-like receptacle l supported upon the legs I! and ['4 has a dippin Portion l6 which is somewhatdeeper than the rear portion l8 to which the adhesive is supplied from an inverted tank '20. This tank may take any convenient form but is herein shown as a glass jar having a neck 22 to which is secured a bail 24 having a wooden handle 26. This jar is supported on the receptacle by means of an upstanding metal cage'30 which may be made integral with the receptacle and which lsecut away at.32 to admit the bail and handle. The provision of a handle renders the jar easier to handle if a considerable operator is able to support the tank 26, by grasping the handle and by taking hold of the jar at the upper opposite side in the position shown continuously, until the jar touches the receptacle.

The neck of this jar may be provided with a cap and valve-mechanism '34 such as is shown in an application Serial 'No. 574,388,;filed November 11, .1931, in my name, for Letters Patent for Improvements in closure forreceptacles. A packing strip 36 helps to make th'e'receptacle more nearly air-tight when the jar is in place.

The dipping portion of the receptacle is partially separatedfromthe higher portion l8 by a depending partition 38, thereby still further im- Ithe cover are normally maintained rigidly in 45 -alinement, as determined by the abutting edges 'extreme open position. shown in Fig. 3 where a provingthe device as regards the exclusion of dirt and the prevention of evaporation. The lower end of this partition extends below the level at which the adhesive. is maintained in the receptacle by the inverted tank 20. In the dipping receptacle is provided a cross rod 40 against which a brush may be wiped to remove surplus adhesive. 1

The dipping portion l6 of'the receptacle has a delivery opening at thetop having an upper edge inclined downwardly, to the front against which seats a rib 42 'on the under side of a cover 44.

The main portion'of this cover is hinged "to the receptacle by means of a transverse pin 46 which is adjacent to and above the partition 38, and a ranged that it will hold the cover either in the closed position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or in the pintle rod 56 contacts with the cage 30, This action results from the fact that the spring passes the hinge axis as thecover is turned from one position to the other. Inorder that it may not be necessary to open the whole cover if, for example, only a small'brus'h is'to be used, a forwardsubdivided portion. 54 of the cover is hinged to the main cover by means of the pintle rod 56 passing through -upwardly extending lugs 58 on the. main cover and lugs 60 on the forward portion. A coiledtension spring 62 lying substantially in the plane of. the cover is connected between the lug56 on the main cover and a lug 64 on the'forwardportion. The two portions of of the two portions, by the tension of this spring .62. When, however, the forward portion 54 is raised into the'position shown in Fig. 4, then the spring 62, having passed the hinge axis deter- 50 62 which then acts like a substantially rigid strut 55 This open position is interconnecting the lugs I0 and 64 to support the cover in this open position.

In the use of the device, assuming that the tank filled with adhesive has been inverted "claim as new and desire to secure-by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a dispensing device for cements, -a receptacle, a support on the receptacle forholding an inverted supply tank in position to supply the receptacle, said receptacle having a top open! ing at one side of said support,,'a cover for said opening hinged to the receptacle, and a spring constructed and arranged to hold said cover either 1113 closed position against the top of the receptacle or in an open position against the sup-. port for the tank.

2. In a dispensing device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, a plurality of hinged cover sections adapted'to close said opening, and

a plurality of springs for controlling the positions of said cover.sections. I

3. In a dispensing device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, a plurality of cover sections one of which is hinged to the receptacle and the other of which is hinged to the first see.

tion, and a pluralityof springs associated with said cover sections to control the relation of the cover sections to one another and to the receptacle.

4. In a dispensing device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, a cover hinged on said receptacle adapted to close said opening,

said cover being divided and provided with a forward portionhinged to the-main cover, and a spring to hold said forward cover; portion yieldingly ,in contact with an article such as a brush in the receptacle. I

5. In a dispensing device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, acover hinged orisaid receptacle adaptedto close said opening and provided with a forward portion hinged to the main cover, and a spring to hold said forward cover portion in alinement with the main cover.

6. In a dispensing ,device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, a-coverhing'ed on said receptacleadapted to close said opening and provided with a forward portion hinged. to the main cover, a spring to hold said forward cover portion in alinement with the main cover, and a spring arranged to hold said main cover in either an open or a closed position. v

7. In a dispensing device for cerrients, a' receptacle having an opening, a cover hinged on said receptacle adapted to close said opening and provided. with a portion hinged to the main cover, and a spring to hold said cover portion at an angle to the main cover.

8. In a dispensing device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, a cover hinged on said receptacle adapted to provided "with a portion hinged'to the main cover, a spring to hold. said cover portion at an angle to the main cover, and a spring to hold said main cover in either open or closed position.

- hinge axis as'the cover is ing the forward portion close said opening and s t v ceptacle'having an opening, a. cover hinged on said receptacle adapted to close said opening and provided with portion hinged to the main cover, and a spring connectingthe main cover "and the portion arranged tohold rthe portion either 5 in closed position orin an open positional; an.

angle to the main cover. I 10. Ina dispensing device for cements,.a receptacle having an'opening, aecover hinged on said receptacle adapted to close said opening and 16,

provided with a forward portion hinged to the ,main cover, and a coiled'tension spring extending between the main cover and the forward cover portion, saidspring being 'of' a length such.

that it becomes wholly collapsed when the for- 15 ward cover portion is tipped back upon the main cover and being arranged to hold said forward cover portion either in a closed position-or in an open position determined by the collapsed position 01' the spring. j

f 11. Ina dispensing device for cements, a"re-' ceptacle havinga delivery opening, a hinged cover for said opening having a forward portion hinged to the main cover, means for limiting the turning movement of the forward portion at a point where it is in alinement with the main cover, and a tension spring extending between the main cover and the forward portion to hold the said portion normally in this alined position of the portion ata point where it is in alinement with the main cover, a tension spring extending I between the main cover and the portio'r'ito' hold the portion in this alined position, and a spring 40 arranged to hold the main cover in either open or closed position. 13. In a dispensing device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, a cover hinged on said receptacle covering said 1 opening and provided with a forward portion joined to.the main cover -by an offset pintle rod, means including a spring interconnecting the main cover and the forward portion and extending at one side of the pintle 1rod substantially in alinement with the cover 5) portions to hold the forward portion in such alined position, and a spring secured at one end to said receptacle and at the other end to the main cover constructed and arranged to pass the opened thereby to hold the cover either in closed or-in open position.

'14. In a dispensing device for cements, a receptacle having an opening, a hinged cover for the opening of said receptacle divided along a line parallel to the hinge axis, a pintle rod connectand the main cover offset from the plane of the cover, and a spring interconnecting the forward portion with the main cover constructed and arranged .to pass the axis of the pintle rod thereby to hold the forward portion either in alined position or in a position at a sharp angle with the-main cover.

15. In a dispensing device for'cements, a traylike receptacle the forward portion ofwhich is open atthe top, said receptacle having a cagelike support at the rear of said top opening for the purpose of holding a supply tankfor the receptacle, a cover for said top opening hinged adjacent to said case-like support and adapted when open to contact therewith, and a spring se- 7 cured to said receptacle and to said cover, said spring being positioned to pass the hinge axis as the cover is opened and constructed and arranged to hold the cover either in closed position against the top of the receptacle or in open position against the cage-like support. 16. In a dispensing device for cements, a traylike receptacle divided into a forward'portion and a rear portion by a partition the lower edge of at least a portion of which is spaced from the bottom of the receptacle, said receptacle being provided with means for supporting a supply tank at one side of said partition and having a top opening at the other side of said partition the edges of which are inclined downwardly toward the front, a hinged cover for said receptacle pivoted upon an axis adjacent to and above said partition, and a spring connected to the edge of said cover forward of said axis and connected to the side of the receptacle to the rear of the axis at a point such that the spring will pass the axis as the cover is opened and will thereby ho'ld'the cover in an open position or. in a closed position.

1'7. In a dispensing device for cements, an

open-topped receptacle, a hinged cover pivoted at a point removed from the front edge of the top opening, said cover being divided in two parts along a lihe substantially parallel to the axis of said hinge with its edges in abutting relation when the two partsof the cover are substantially in alinement, a hinge connecting the two parts of the cover comprising a pintle rod positioned above the plane of the top of the cover, and a coiled spring connected to the two parts of the cover and arranged, when the. cover parts are in alinement, to lie below the pintle rod, said spring being disposed above the pintle rod when the forward cover part has been opened.

18. In a dispensing device for cements, an open-topped receptacle, a hinged coverpivoted away from the front edge of the top opening, said cover being divided into two parts along a line substantially parallel to the axis ofsaid hinge with its edges in abutting relation when, the two parts of the cover are in alinement, a hinge con- 5 necting the two parts of the cover and comprising a pintle rod positioned above the plane of the top of the cover, and a coiled spring connected to the two parts of the cover and arranged, when the cover parts are inalinement, to lie below the pintle rod, said spring being disposed above the pintle rod when the forward cover part has been opened, the length of said spring being such that it becomes wholly collapsed and thereby forms a substantially rigid strut to hold the forward cover portion in raised position.

19. In a dispensing device for cements, a'traylikereceptacle provided with an incomplete depending partition dividing the forward portion from the rear portion, the rear portion of said receptacle being provided with an upstanding hollow cage adapted to receive an inverted supply tank, the forward portion of said receptacle having a top opening, a two-piece cover normally. closing said receptacle, said cover being hinged to the receptacle along its rear edge, the adjacent edges of the parts of said cover abutting one another when the cover is closed, said cover parts being joined by a hinge comprising a pintle rod above the plane of the cover, a spring lying substantially in the plane of the cover and joining the two parts thereof, and another spring connected to the receptacle and joined to the cover, "said latter spring being arranged ,to pass the hinge axis as the cover is opened thereby to hold the cover either in closed position or in an open position with the pintle rod touching the upstanding cage.

EUGENE J. RAY. 

